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#livingchange, changemaker, freelance facilitator, systems change designer, coach, process doula, interested in endings and shifting funding practices
Oct 14, 2020 13 tweets 5 min read
Today we launched the latest Future of Sustainability report, something I’ve been working on for seemingly ages now. ’Launch’ days are often a bit of an anticlimax, so feeling really weird about it, so sharing some of the behind the scenes process with you #timetotransform (1) The experience of creating this has been wild…
…wildly inspiring, frustrating and unpredictable in equal measure. Full of shape shifting and iterating in the midst of a global pandemic (2)
Sep 22, 2020 10 tweets 4 min read
Insights from our experience of facilitating the messiness of change….….based on learning from @forumforthefuture #SchoolofSystemChange @BoundlessRoots + more 1. Persistence - act like a squirrel cracking a nut 🐿
2. You get what you put in - put the time in, you learn and get things back ✨
3. Feedback is essential - so you don’t just have the ‘things you learnt graveyard’ 💀
Jul 3, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Lots of great stuff in this piece that speaks to how the mindset and framings make a difference to what is possible and resonates with my own experience & patterns starting to hear from elsewhere. angelafell1.wixsite.com/website/post/h… Thanks for articulating @angelafell HT @DavidTWarner Pulling out some highlight quotes:
“The local and national response frames people as the helper or the helped. The images used, reinforce the narrative of helplessness and vulnerability.”
#civilsocietyfutures @NewCitProj
May 19, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
What a line up. And key question when thinking about the futute- what is the economy for?
@globalgreennewdeal
View live: The purpose of the economy would look pretty different in each of these future pathways…
May 12, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
Hosted a webinar today with Joy & Sophia @forum4thefutre today...exploring the future trajectories from now and the underlying system dynamics at play. A contribution to making sense of this immense change we’re all experiencing happening right now. #systemchange Kinda weird to know +200 were joining from around the world but not able to see their faces...
(Photo props from @kiajiehui's connections)
But here's the jist of what we shared -
Apr 2, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Been thinking about how we name the post-lock down phase. What are they calling it in China?
What we name that will really matter. @AnnasQuestions @jonjalex @JonathanMWise @alexevansuk Brexit became part of our lexicon, seemingly quickly - what is the equivalent for now, that has a longer term narrative in mind? Not reinforcing or turbo charging capitalism as we’ve known it.
Dec 6, 2018 4 tweets 3 min read
Spending the day @southbankcentre capturing and sharing lots of learning from the last few years….a thread being what it takes to create new forms of organising #livingchange #systemicforms Exploring why it matters…"from organisations towards organising —  #systemicforms" ….
medium.com/living-change/…
Nov 19, 2018 8 tweets 10 min read
Eek, exciting to launch this today - playing back what has been heard from thousands of people across England - we must all shift power and build deeper connections with people #civilsocietyfutures Read report online - The Story of Our Times: shifting power, bridging divides, transforming society …ilsocietyfutures.shorthandstories.com/the-story-of-o…
#civilsocietyfutures
Apr 26, 2018 7 tweets 5 min read
Excited (and a bit nervous) to share the @civsocfutures work in progress materials today. #civilsocietyfutures

What is civil society’s priority in the next 10 years? Giving people & communities more power #civilsocietyfutures inquiry. Find out more: civilsocietyfutures.org/1-year-reports/
Mar 30, 2018 8 tweets 8 min read
Reflecting on a real rollercoaster few days at #CTRLshift2018 - both galvanising and challenging for me personally… 1/8 …learning what it means to hold space for voices and perspectives that might otherwise not be heard. Something we all need to be alert to and be practising more #CTRLshift2018 #civilsocietyfutures 2/8 Image
Jun 15, 2017 6 tweets 3 min read
Powerful & important article about #GrenfellTower -relevant for conversations had in Nottingham for #civilsocietyfutures standout quotes…1/6 “opportunities for citizens to engage meaningfully with decision makers are not plentiful.” #civilsocietyfutures 2/6